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Theo Notteboom

Dr. Theo Notteboom is co-founder and co-director of PortEconomics. He is a professor in port and maritime economics and management with about 25 years of experience in this area. His work is widely cited. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and a rapporteur/expert to leading organizations in the field. He is Chair Professor at Ghent University in Belgium. He is a visiting Research Professor at China Institute of FTZ Supply Chain of Shanghai Maritime University. He also is part-time Professor at University of Antwerp and the Antwerp Maritime Academy in Belgium. He previously held a full-time position as High-end Foreign Expert / Professor at Dalian Maritime University in China (2014-2016) and an MPA visiting professorship in port management at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is immediate past President (2010-2014) and Council Member of International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Between October 2006 and October 2014 he was President of ITMMA of the University of Antwerp. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Belgian Institute of Transport Organizers (BITO), an institute of the Belgian Federal Government.

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Top 15 containers ports in Europe in 2020

Top 15 containers ports in Europe in 2020

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An energy consumption approach to estimate air emission reductions in container shipping Containers

An energy consumption approach to estimate air emission reductions in container shipping

Container shipping is the largest producer of emissions within the maritime shipping industry. Hence, measures have been designed and implemented to reduce ship emission levels. IMO’s MARPOL Annex VI, with its future plan of applying Tier III requirements, the Energy Efficiency Design Index for new ships, and the Ship Energy...
Academic perspectives on the feasibility of mega container ships Containers

Academic perspectives on the feasibility of mega container ships

By Theo Notteboom Scale increases in container vessel size are a well-documented and much debated topic. The search for economies of scale and the focus on cost control have pushed the container shipping industry towards the deployment of ever larger containerships. In the early days of containerisation, ships had a nominal...
PortGraphic: top15 container ports in Europe in the first three quarters 2020 Containers

PortGraphic: top15 container ports in Europe in the first three quarters 2020

By Theo Notteboom The table shows the container throughput for the first 9 months of 2020 handled by the top 15 containers ports in Europe. Antwerp is the only large gateway port in the top 15 which was able to reach a volume level comparable to last year. Mediterranean transhipment hub Gioia Tauro is recording strong growth (exact Q3...
Entry strategies in inland container terminals: a comparison between Yangtze river and Rhine river Containers

Entry strategies in inland container terminals: a comparison between Yangtze river and Rhine river

Recent decades have brought a growing commitment of investors in the (co-)funding and management of inland terminals, particularly container terminals. However, the actors involved, the forms of third-party entry, and the emerging partnerships in inland terminals have only been investigated on a fragmented basis in inland port...
Brand strategies of container shipping lines following mergers and acquisitions: carriers’ visual identity options Containers

Brand strategies of container shipping lines following mergers and acquisitions: carriers’ visual identity options

Brand strategy is a fundamental part of corporate strategy and constitutes a key condition for companies operating in international B2B contexts, to effectively manage relations with customers, stakeholders and shareholders. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are drivers of change in both brand architecture and brand portfolio...
China΄s investment in African ports: spatial distribution, entry modes and investor profile Featured

China΄s investment in African ports: spatial distribution, entry modes and investor profile

Chinese state-owned companies have directed large amounts of expertise and resources to African ports, not only to deliver benefits to the investing parties but also to contribute to a more effective and efficient African port industry. Over the past decades, China’s direct investment in Africa expanded significantly and became more...
Port management and governance in a post‐COVID‐19 era: quo vadis? Category

Port management and governance in a post‐COVID‐19 era: quo vadis?

In a port study on port management and governance, that is published as an editorial in the scholarly journal Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom and Hercules Haralambides provide a critical assessment of some of the key issues and themes in port governance research,...
Top 15 container ports in Europe in the first half of 2020 Containers

Top 15 container ports in Europe in the first half of 2020

While the Coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, its impact on European ports only started to be visible in March 2020 . The table shows the container throughput for H1 2020 in the top 15 container ports in Europe. Note that the figures for Hamburg and Gioia Tauro relate to Q1 2020 (H1 2020 figures are expected to be lower),...
PortGraphic: top15 European container ports in Q1 2020 Containers

PortGraphic: top15 European container ports in Q1 2020

By Theo Notteboom Impact of COVID-19 on European ports only started to be strongly visible in March 2020. The table shows the container throughput growth for Q1 2020 in the top 15 containers ports in Europe. While the Coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, its impact on European ports only started to be strongly visible in...
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Top-20 cruise ports in the Med, 2010-2019
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Evolution of container volumes in European ports, 1985-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=7oAfZCtiPrY
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